Clarence Parfitt

{{Short description|Bermudian/Scottish cricketer (born 1944)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Bermuda

| fullname = Clarence Leon Parfitt

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|7|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = St. George's Parish, Bermuda

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium

| role =

| international = true

| club1 = Scotland

| year1 = 1988–1990

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Bermuda

| year2 = 1971/72

| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 2

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 1*

| deliveries1 = 228

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 12.20

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 5/61

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 9

| runs2 = 10

| bat avg2 = 10.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 9*

| deliveries2 = 588

| wickets2 = 9

| bowl avg2 = 30.33

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 4/16

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 13 October

| year = 2011

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21277/21277.html CricketArchive

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Clarence Parfitt (born 16 July 1944 in Bermuda) is a former Bermudian and Scottish cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium pace bowler. He is reputed to be the greatest bowler that Bermuda has produced. He started his career in his native Bermuda, playing one first-class match against New Zealand in 1972, taking five wickets in New Zealand's only innings. It was the maiden first-class match to be played by the Bermuda cricket team.{{cite web |url=https://www.emergingcricket.com/insight/ec-rewind/bermudas-maiden-first-class-match/ |title=Bermuda's maiden First-class match |work=Emerging Cricket |date=14 April 2020 |accessdate=17 April 2020}} He also represented Bermuda in the 1979 ICC Trophy.

He later settled in Scotland and would go on to play for the Scottish cricket team on twelve occasions, including nine List A matches, between 1988 and 1990, making his debut against Derbyshire. He is now a Development Officer for Cricket Scotland, and was inducted into Bermuda's sporting hall of fame in 2004.